Public Opinion
2022-2024 Articles
Many Environmentalists Don’t Vote. This Group Wants to Change That. 0324
Climate Migration Concerns Surpass Fears of Russian Aggression in Europe 0224
Climate Concerns Are Driving Small but Pivotal Shifts in Voting Choices 0124
Most Americans Underestimate the Popularity of Policies to Protect the Climate 0623
Do Humans Cause Climate Change? Even Now, Only 1 in 2 Americans Say Yes. 0523
US Support for Nuclear Power Soars to Highest Level in a Decade 0523
Poll - Religious Americans Less Worried about Climate Change 1122
Which Elected Leaders Should Do More on Climate? Here’s What Americans Say. 0722
Republicans Want Climate Solutions — Just Not from Biden 0722
House Republicans to Introduce Climate Change Strategy with Eye on Mid-Terms 0622
Climate Worries Galvanize a New Pro-Nuclear Movement in the U.S. 0522
Americans Overwhelmingly Support 6 Biden Proposals to Fight Climate Change 0422
Climate Change Is Seen as Most Worrying Threat to World Security 0222
2019-2021
Right-Wing Climate Denial Is Waning, but Its Replacement Might Be Scarier 1121
American Physical Society Now Stresses Reality and Urgency on Climate Change 1121
GOP Green Groups Want Climate Action, but Not Reconciliation 1121
Are US Republicans Finally Waking Up to the Climate Crisis? 0921
People around the World Increasingly See Climate Change as Personal Threat 0921
4 in 10 Young People Fear Having Children due to Climate Crisis 0921
UK Over-50s Want Climate Crisis Addressed, ‘Even if It Leads to High Prices’ 0821
Climate Change Is Top Federal Election Issue for B.C. Voters 0821
Nearly Half of Americans Say Climate Change Has Become a Bigger Threat 0721
Small Majority in 16 Countries Believe There’s Still Time to Avert Climate Disaster 0721
How US Attitudes on Climate Change Differ by Generation, Party, Other Factors 0521
Majority of Australians Favor Banning New Coal Mines 0521 and more
Climate Crisis Is Not a Partisan Issue, Young Republican Tells His Party 0521
Evangelicals Are Losing Their Climate Skepticism 0421 - 28% of white evangelicals attributed global warming to human activity. Last October, by contrast, 44%.
Top Economists Warn U.S. Against Underestimating Climate Damage 0221
Most Democrats, Republicans Want Government to Prioritize Climate Change 0121
Republicans Are Coming around to Climate Change, Poll Shows 1220
Majority of EU Citizens Back Climate-Focused Recovery 1220
Most Catholics Concerned about Climate Change, Poll Finds 1020
2nd Trump Term Would Be 'Game Over' for Climate - Top Scientist Michael Mann 1020
Most US 2020 Voters Strongly Favor Climate Action 0920
Battleground State Voters Strongly Prefer Biden to Trump on Climate 0920
Facebook Fights against Climate Change Misinformation on Its Own Platform 0920
Latino Voters Care Deeply about Climate, Are Going to Be Key in 2020 - 0620
Most Americans Think Government Should Do More to Combat Climate Change 0620
Americans See Climate as a Concern, Even Amid Coronavirus Crisis 0520
In State after State, Climate Change Is a Key Issue for Democratic Voters 0220
Americans Broadly Accept Climate Science, but Many Are Fuzzy on the Details 1219
Poll - Young Republicans Break with Party on Climate Change 1119
Americans Would Rather Reduce Oil and Gas Exploration than ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ 1019
Americans Increasingly See Climate Change as a Crisis, Poll Shows 0919 - 76% of Democrats 18-38 know that humans are causing climate change. And 77% of Republicans that age agree.
Climate Change Is Bridging the Political Divide among Young Americans 0919
2/3 of Young Republicans Fear for Environment, amid Large Surge in GOP Climate Change Concern 0819
Climate Could Be an Electoral Time Bomb, Republican Strategists Fear 0819
Americans See Cyberattacks, Climate Change as Biggest Threats to U.S. 0719
Christians Care about Climate Change if It's about Saving 'God's Creation’ 0719
70% of Americans Support a Nationwide Solar Rooftop Mandate 0719
New Poll Shows Trump’s Handling of Climate Change Is Deeply Unpopular 0719
Cato Closes Its Climate Shop; Pat Michaels Is Out 0519
Top GOP Pollster Finds Overwhelming Support for Carbon Tax by Millennial Republicans 0519
What Changed My Mind about Climate Change? 0519 - risk management, wth possible worst-case scenarios
America’s Denial of Climate Change Is Heating Up - Global Survey 0519
The Votes Are In – Climate Change Is #1 - 0519
Most Teachers Don't Teach Climate Change, but 4 In 5 Parents Wish They Did 0419
The Young Republicans Breaking with Their Party over Climate Change 0419
44% of Americans ‘Worry a Great Deal about Global Warming’ 0319
America Cares About Climate Change Again 0319
God and the Earth - Evangelical Take on Climate Change 0319
As the Climate Changes, Are We All Boiling Frogs? 0219
Climate Change, ISIS, Cyberattacks Seen as World's Top Threats in a New Poll 0219
Climate Change Worried Americans Lots Less before Trump Took Office 0219
Majority of Americans Unwilling to Pay $10 a Month to Address Climate Change 0119
More Americans Than Ever Believe in Climate Change 0119
How to Win Public Support for a Global Carbon Tax 0119 - results of 5-nation survey
Republicans, Democrats Are Now Both More Concerned about Climate Change 0119
Much More of US Is Alarmed about Climate Change 0120
“Alarmed" has nearly tripled to 31% in 5 years. “Dismissive” + “Doubtful” is down from 25% to 20%.
2016-2018
Americans Show Growing Support for Climate Action 1218
Nearly 2/3 of Republicans Now Acknowledge Climate Change 1118
In North Carolina, Hurricanes Convince Republicans that Climate Change Is Real 1018
Utilities’ Problem - the Public Wants 100% Renewable Energy, and Quick 0918
UK Fears on Climate Change Hit Highest Level in a Decade, after Heat Wave 0918
World Is Finally Waking Up to Climate Change, Says ‘Hothouse Earth' Author 0818
Yale Poll Shows Nationwide Support for Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax 0818
Heat Wave Makes Man-Made Climate Change Real for Americans 0718
Why These Young Republicans See Hope in Climate Action 0618
Global Warming, Now Brought to You by Your Local TV Weathercaster 0618
Americans Think Climate Change Should Be NASA’s Top Priority, Not Sending Astronauts to Mars 0618
Climate Change Course Aims to Persuade Evangelicals to Go Green 0518
Climate Change in the American Mind - March 2018 - 0518
Despite Trump, More Republicans Grasp that Climate Change Is Our Fault 0518
As Climate Change Zaps Snow, Winter Sport Fans Try to Change Washington 0418
Majority of Australians Support Phasing Out Coal Power by 2030 - 0318
Partisan Split on Climate Grows, Even as U.S. Fears Are on the Rise, Poll Finds 0318
Millennials’ Climate Views Could Sway 10 House Elections This November 0316
College Republicans Are Here to Fix Climate Change! 0218
Linking Extreme Weather to Climate Change Could Help Curb Carbon Emissions 0118
Research Shows that Certain Facts Can Still Change Conservatives’ Minds 1217
Battered by Extreme Weather, Americans Worry More about Climate Change 1117
Americans Want a Tax on Carbon Pollution, but How to Get One? 1017
How to use tax proceeds? Favorites are support solar & wind; infrastructure; help coal miners; reduce debt
Most Americans Want Government to Fight Climate Change 1017
1 in 5 Australians Believe Global Warming Is a Hoax 0917
Right-Wing Media Could Not Be More Wrong about 1.5°C Carbon Budget Paper 0917
Katharine Hayhoe Is Successfully Convincing Doubtful Evangelicals about Climate Change 0817
The Republicans Trying to Fight Climate Denial in Their Own Party 0817
ISIS, Global Warming Considered Top Security Threats by Most of the World 0817
In Chile, Many Regard Climate Change as the Greatest External Threat 0717
Americans Know the Climate Is Changing. Do They Care? 0617
8 in 10 People Now See Climate Change as a “Catastrophic Risk” 0517
Pruitt’s CO2 Comments Prompt Voicemail Jam, Rebuke from Scientists 0317
Only 1/4 of Trump Voters Believe in Human-Caused Climate Change 0217
Americans' Concern over Climate Change Hits Record Levels 0117
90% of Rural Australians Say Climate Change Already Affects Their Lives 0117
Republicans and Democrats Alike Want More Clean Energy 1216
Trump Wants to Dump Paris Climate Deal, but 71% of Americans Support It 1116
America’s TV Meteorologists Say Climate Change Symptoms Are Rampant, Undeniable 1116
Dangers & Opportunities of Climate Change for the Rich & Powerful 1116 - Satire? Plan for the US' (heartland of personal wealth accumulation) “successful and entrepreneurs” to use foreign elites to manage global population reduction to 1 billion by 2100, due to climate change, while preserving their privileged positions and with new opportunities for profit making.
'Overwhelming Majority' Back US Climate Action - Sec. John Kerry 1116
Nigeria's Own "Inconvenient Truth” Movie Brings Home Climate Threats 1116
Americans Appear Willing to Pay for a Carbon Tax Policy 0916 - weighted average of $0 to $50+ per month = $15-20
Poll Shows Majority of Scots Favor Renewable Energy 0916
Rio Opening Ceremony Put Climate Change Front and Center 0816
Fewer Americans Doubt Climate Change – but Confidence Is Up on Both Sides 0816
Climate Change Will Drive Voter Turnout – Steyer 0716
Number of Americans 'Alarmed' by Climate Change Rises in Latest Poll 0716
Food Shortages and Sea Level Rise Top US Voters' Climate Change Concerns 0716
Want to Help Fight Climate Change? Start with Reproductive Rights. 0516 - Climate change hits women and children harder. Women are more concerned, and personally. Fewer people can mean fewer emissions.
Most Australian Voters Support Transition to 100% Renewable Energy 0516
Why This Could Finally Be the Election Where Climate Change Matters 0516
Half of U.S. Conservatives Say Climate Change Is Real 0416
Republicans Are Warming Up to Renewable Energy 0416
75% of Americans Concerned about Climate Change 0416
96% of American Meteorological Society Members Think Climate Is Changing 0316
Record Number of Americans See Global Warming as Threat 0316
Welcome to the Climate Emergency. You’re about 20 Years Late. 0316 - shift in Australian opinion
Climate Change Is Less Politicized among Minority Groups 0316 - US
Leonardo DiCaprio Uses Oscar Speech to Speak Out on Climate Change 0216
Vast Majority of Americans Backs Climate Change Action - U of Texas Poll 0216
Science Teachers’ Grasp of Climate Change Is Found Lacking 0216
US Chamber of Commerce Official - Businesses Will Flee Climate Deal 0216
Republicans Are Slowly Warming to Climate Change. But Is it Already Too Late? 0918
Why? See these 2 maps, the left one by county, the right one by Congressional District.
2015 Articles and earlier
US Chamber of Commerce Official - Businesses Will Flee Climate Deal 0216
After Paris Accord, Most U.S. Republicans Back Action on Climate 1215
Why So Many Americans Are Skeptical about Climate Change 1115
China's Greenhouse Gases Don't Seem to Trouble Most of Its Citizens 1115
Being a Woman, or Catholic, Affects How You Feel About Climate Change 1115
Americans, Even Republicans, Have Never Been So Sure About Climate Change 1015
Many Conservative Republicans Believe Climate Change Is a Real Threat 0915
Why Conservatives Must Fight Climate Change - Taylor 0915
Arguing about Climate Change Won’t Change Minds - Hayhoe 0915
58% in Houston Agree with Pope that Warming’s Mainly Man-Made 0615
Americans Are Again Getting More Worried About the Climate 0615
Survey Reveals Countries Where Citizens Don’t Want Climate Change Action 0615
The Conservative Case for Taxing Carbon Pollution 0515
Oil Industry Has Few Climate Skeptics, Favors Carbon Tax 0515
These Arguments Convinced a Libertarian to Support Aggressive Climate Action 0515
What Do Conservative Policy Intellectuals Think about Climate Change? 0515
More & More Conservative Thinkers Back Carbon Tax. Will Politicians Follow? 0515
Millennials Seem No More Concerned about Warming than Their Elder Americans 0415
Conservatives Don't Think Global Warming Will Happen in Their Lifetimes 0415
Broadcast Meteorologists Increasingly Convinced Man Is Changing Climate 0415
Poll Finds 72% of Americans Support an International Climate Agreement 0315
Different Tack Needed for Climate Change Skeptics, Study Says 0215
The Difficult Art of Communicating Climate Change to Farmers 0115
Survey Finds Doctors Concerned about Health Impacts of Climate Change 0115
Activists Say Obama Action on Methane Emissions ‘Misses 90% of Pollution’ 0115
Climate Coverage Returns to Its 2009 Peak 0115
Poll - Half of Republicans Back Limits on Carbon 1214
83% of Americans Say Climate Is Changing 1214
Canadians Want Action on Reducing Greenhouse Gases, Poll Shows 1114
Neither Rain nor Snow nor Heat Sways Views on Climate Science 1114
US Poll Finds Most Back Limits on Coal Emissions, Even if Power Prices Rise 1114
Surveys Show Huge Gap between Farmers, Ag Scientists on Warming 1114
Young Voters Like Pro-Environment Candidates, But May Not Show Up To Vote 1014
The ‘Nitty Gritty, Nuts-and-Bolts, Rubber-Hits-the-Road' Side of Climate Change 1014
Southerners Think Differently about Energy Impact – Poll 0814
71% of Florida Voters Concerned about Climate Change, 80% Back EPA Carbon Action Plan 0714
Climate Change Gets More Air Time On Some TV News Shows 0714
Will Public Opinion Shift with New Evidence of Climate Change? 0514
Right-Leaning Group Sees Climate Change Creating Wealth, Other Benefits 0314
Denying Climate Change Isn't Skepticism – It's 'Motivated Reasoning' 0214
Americans Back Greenhouse Gas Cuts from Power Plants 1113
How Do You Get People to Give a Damn About Climate Change? 1013
L.A. Times Cuts Off Climate-Change Deniers 1013
Talking about Climate Change? Not Much. 0813
Why Don't Farmers Believe in Climate Change? 0713
Climate Research Nearly Unanimous on Human Causes 0513
Over Half of Americans Link Extreme Weather to Climate Change 0513
Climate Change: It's Real and It's Here, Expert Says 0413
Farmers' Beliefs about Climate Change 0413
Climate Hawks Go on Offense Against Skeptics 0413
Republican Views on Climate Change 0413 - PDF
Poll Question Wording Shifts Public Views on Global Warming 0313
Farmers Think Kansas Drought Is Part of Natural Cycle 0213
Americans Who See World Warming Rises to 78% 1212
36% of US Public See End Times in Weather Extremes 1212
Belief in Climate Change Climbs 1012
Is Climate Change the Sleeper Issue of 2012? 1012
Climate Skepticism Trumps Heat Wave 0812
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